A dedicated HT speaker used under 2,000.00/pair

I am talking about the mains for 2,000.00

For HT and for the $, you can get a new pair of NHT 2.9 for $1500 (listed at $2700 but being discontinued), or the newer VT-2.4 for the same, and used VT-2's for under a grand.

Paradigm Reference Studio 100's are almost unbeatable in this price-range. Reviewers and consumers alike rave about these phenominal speakers.

I would also consider the Legacy Classics or Signatures IIIs. I auditioned the Paradigm Reference Studio 100s, v2 at the same time as the Legacies and wound up going with the Legacy Classics. I was very lucky and snagged four of them with the finish I wanted used at the same time. The Signatures are even better. In my opinion the sound was much better and they have a gorgeous finish unlike the Paradigms which are pretty drab.

I personally wouldn't go much over 1400 for the Classics or 1800 for the Signatures though (plus shipping). And it'll take a lot longer to find them used than it will with the Paradigms, the 100s are almost always available for sale. The classics make a nice HT speaker though, without a subwoofer in my room the extend down to the low 20s for frequency response. (They're about -4 dB at 20Hz at 90 dB). They also sound very good at low volumes which is one of the complaints I had with the Paradigm, which seemed to polite at low volumes.

I would agree that the Legacy Signature 3's are a step up in performance over the Studio 100's(at $3800 they should be!) but for the price of the used legacy's you can get brand new studio 100's. Also, this is a HT set-up he is putting together here. I really doubt anyone could tell much of a difference at all between these 2 in a properly set-up HT. They are both state-of-the art. Good choices either way.